is opening for business soon, but requires some cleaning and calibration before serious use this summer season. My father helped me erect this roll-off roof observatory to house my Meade LX-200 Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope on a permanent mount in the late 1990s.
Yeah, the ponderosa pines interfere with the southeastern horizon, but I don’t have the heart to cut them down. I’m still able to easily observe the planets as they move along the ecliptic.